Alistair vs Matt
GBR · Open Men · 1 result Alistair Howells
GBR · Open Men · 2 results Matt Tomkins
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Alistair: London ExCeL 2025, Open Men · Matt: Oslo 2026, Open Men
This chart shows where Alistair and Matt sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Alistair: strongest on Carry (faster than 65% of the field), weakest on Wall balls (faster than 3%).Matt: strongest on Ski (faster than 55% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 9%).
See the numbers
| Part | Alistair: faster than | Matt: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 18% | 55% |
| Push | 16% | 42% |
| Pull | 20% | 35% |
| BBJ | 7% | 21% |
| Row | 64% | 25% |
| Carry | 65% | 9% |
| Lunges | 6% | 15% |
| Wall balls | 3% | 36% |
| Roxzone | 42% | 23% |
| Runs | 31% | 40% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Alistair | Matt |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 18% | 55% |
| Sled push | 16% | 42% |
| Sled pull | 20% | 35% |
| Burpee broad jump | 7% | 21% |
| Row | 64% | 25% |
| Farmers carry | 65% | 9% |
| Sandbag lunges | 6% | 15% |
| Wall balls | 3% | 36% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 42% | 23% |
| Runs (8 km) | 31% | 40% |
The share of their own field each athlete beat on that segment, at the race named on the left. Higher is better; green marks the better of the two. A dash means no split was published.
Those races as one bar each
This chart draws the race in order, left to right: each 1 km run (blue), each station (yellow) and the roxzone (grey), sized by its time.Alistair · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men: 36:07 running, 54:04 at the stations and 12:11 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (15:28).Below, Matt · Oslo 2026 · Open Men: 44:40 running, 42:29 at the stations and 6:17 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:01).
See the numbers
| Part | Alistair · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men | Matt · Oslo 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 3:30 | 5:44 |
| SkiErg | 5:11 | 4:29 |
| Run 2 | 3:56 | 5:15 |
| Sled push | 3:28 | 3:09 |
| Run 3 | 4:10 | 5:21 |
| Sled pull | 5:51 | 4:56 |
| Run 4 | 4:17 | 5:22 |
| Burpee broad jump | 8:58 | 6:56 |
| Run 5 | 4:25 | 5:31 |
| Row | 4:48 | 5:08 |
| Run 6 | 4:21 | 5:24 |
| Farmers carry | 1:54 | 3:02 |
| Run 7 | 4:28 | 5:34 |
| Sandbag lunges | 8:26 | 6:49 |
| Run 8 | 7:00 | 6:28 |
| Wall balls | 15:28 | 8:01 |
| Roxzone | 12:11 | 6:17 |
| Finish | 1:42:13 | 1:33:17 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Alistair | Matt | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| London ExCeL 2025 Open Men · 4 Dec 2025 | 1:42:13 | 1:42:11 | 0:02 · Matt faster |
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